Starting in Albany, you travel a distance 406 miles in a direction 14.9 degrees north of west. Then, from this new position, you travel another distance 444 miles in a direction 21.5 degrees north of east. In your final position, what is your displacement from Albany?     268 miles 85.6 degrees North of West     850 miles 36.4 degrees North of East     848 miles 54.6 degrees North of West     850 miles 36.4 degrees North of West

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Starting in Albany, you travel a distance 406 miles in a direction 14.9 degrees north of west. Then, from this new position, you travel another distance 444 miles in a direction 21.5 degrees north of east. In your final position, what is your displacement from Albany?
   
268 miles 85.6 degrees North of West
   
850 miles 36.4 degrees North of East
   
848 miles 54.6 degrees North of West
   
850 miles 36.4 degrees North of West
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